Luke 23:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) but they continued shouting, “Crucify him, crucify him.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they kept shouting out, Crucify, crucify Him! American Standard Version (1901) but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him. Common English Bible They kept shouting out, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Catholic Public Domain Version But they shouted in response, saying: "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they cried again, saying: Crucify him, crucify him. |
So, Pilate called out to them a third time, “Why [should he be crucified]; what wrong has this man done? I have not found any reason for putting him to death, so I will punish him and [then] release him.”
But the people loudly demanded that Jesus be crucified. And their shouting won out.
Then they shouted out, “Take him away; take him away and crucify him!” Pilate replied to them, “Do you want me to crucify your king?” The leading priests answered, “We do not have any [other] king, except Caesar.”
They asked Pilate to have Him put to death, even though they could not find any [legitimate] reason to execute Him.